Subj : Re: Oi! Mark or Ted..... To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Tue Oct 18 2005 04:51:19 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Rick Savoia wrote in news:Xns96F2F0E007364xxxxxxxxx@216.196.97.136: > weirdwolf wrote in > news:Xns96F32EE9D1231r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: > >> Rick Savoia wrote in >> news:Xns96F2ECDBA6ED4xxxxxxxxx@216.196.97.136: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote in >>> news:Xns96F329D83CAD6r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >>> >>>> Rick Savoia wrote in >>>> news:Xns96F2EACD2FF4Bxxxxxxxxx@216.196.97.136: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>>> news:Xns96F32553DBEr73u67jw56nas@ 80.5.182.99: >>>>> >>>>>> Rick Savoia wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96F2E66596114xxxxxxxxx@216.196.97.136: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Having never been to England before, I'm curious: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do I need a power adapter (converter) for electronics that need >>>>>>> to be plugged in? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, we run on a 240V system using a three pin plug. >>>>>> When and where are you going? >>>>>> Ted >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Tomorrow (Tue). I leave at 7:10PM EST and land at 6:35am (Wed) >>>>> your time. The kicker is, I then have to turn around and fly back >>>>> on Thursday (leaving at 630ish pm your time and landing at 8:00ish >>>>> pm Boston time). >>>>> >>>>> Destination is Swindon. >>>>> >>>>> Gotta love time zones. >>>>> >>>>> This is a quick work trip to discuss re-orgs with our UK office. >>>>> >>>>> I'll be back again in January-ish for a week or so. >>>>> >>>> >>>> OO Swindon, how exotic, good luck. Ask for a trip on the magic >>>> roundabout while you are there. Are you driving yourself? >>>> Ted >>>> >>> >>> Hell No!! Don't you think there's been enough disasters in the world >>> lately? I saw a diagram of the magic roundabout. I could handle it >>> if I was driving on the right side of the road....the left? No way! >> >> Oh, it's not that bad, it's the mini roundabout at every piddling >> little >> junction that used to piss me off. You can tell the locals as they >> just drive over them. >> >>> So was that sarcasm about Swindon's exoticness? >> >> No and by no I mean of course yes. It's a concrete hell hole. >> Ted >> >> > > Note to self: leave camera. Well you could go and see the vale of the white horse, it's rather nice although probably not at this time of year. The Uffington horse is supposed to be 3000 years old. > The original plan was to take a few days and have my wife fly over. > However, quick change later and it's a two day trip. Good for the > frequent flyers, bad for the sleep. > > Maybe next year when I'm there for longer we can talk about meeting up > (if you don't live within spitting distance of Scotland that > is...although I've always wanted to go to Scotland too....) > I've never been to Scotland either. Lincolnshire is the other side ot the country. http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/tourism_det.asp?id=2614&sec_id=473 Having played around with google earth both the magic roundabout and the white horse are marked. As with all of the UK it's at a pretty low resolution though. However you can see my house from there >;-) Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .